Richard John Sotham

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Richard John AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Sotham AWMM

Nama Hōia

• NZ413717 AWMM
• WWII 413717 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Whānautanga mai

10 Mar 1917 RNZAF Biographies (R17845616)

Uri kiritahi

• WW2 Wife: Mrs G. F. Sotham, Parawai, Thames AWMM
• WW2 Mother: Mrs M. Sotham of Auckland AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Married/WWII AWMM

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

RNZAF training in Canada WW2 AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Air Force AWMM

Nama Hōia

• NZ413717 AWMM
• WWII 413717 AWMM

Whakangungu ope taua

• British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 7 Air Observer School, Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada AWMM
  Course 1: Graduation Date: 28/02/1942. AWMM
• British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 3 Bombing and Gunnery School, MacDonald, Manitoba, Canada AWMM
• British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 1 Air Navigation School, Rivers, Manitoba, Canada AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW2 Vessel was Monterey AWMM Royal New Zealand Air Force AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

Pilot Officer AWMM
Royal New Zealand Air Force AWMM

Richard Sotham was the son of Walter Sotham and of Mary Sotham (nee Judson), of St. Heliers, Auckland, New Zealand; husband of Gwenyth Florence Sotham, of Thames.

Attended Auckland Grammar School (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845616)) AWMM

Matenga

9 May 1942 AWMM
Age  25 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, United Kingdom AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1807676
  Sources Used
• RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Sm- Ty. Archives New Zealand (R17845616)
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845616
  Sources Used
• List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - List of Personnel Killed or Missing in Various Theatres, 1940 - 1945. Archives New Zealand (R17845747)
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845747
  Sources Used

Ngā tuhinga

• Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press.
• This record is a work in progress and was partially compiled from the “Database of New Zealand Airmen who took part in Advanced Air Training in Canada during WW2”. Researched by Ivan and Lorna Lindsey of Tauranga. N.Z. 2003 – 2012. Reproduced with permission.
• RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Sm- Ty. Archives New Zealand (R17845616) - Former archives reference: AIR118
• List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - List of Personnel Killed or Missing in Various Theatres, 1940 - 1945. [Missing - But Presumed Dead on Lapse of Time - Officers, Airmen]. Archives New Zealand (R17845743)
• Please note that the 11 volumes of the "RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939-1945" held at Archives NZ (formerly known as AIR118) should be used in conjunction with Errol Martyn's "For Your Tomorrow". FYT reflects detailed examination of all of the AIR118 bios which contain many inaccuracies and omissions.
• List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - List of Personnel Killed or Missing in Various Theatres, 1940 - 1945. [List of Missing]. Archives New Zealand (R17845747)
• List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - Embarkation Lists, November 1940 - July 1942. Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R17845762).
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.